WBIR-TV: Girl Scout cookies delivered to troop leaders

Associate professor of logistics, Mary Holcomb, was interviewed by WBIR-TV during her visit to the Girls Scouts’ warehouse to observe their sorting and distribution process hundreds of thousands of cookie boxes. Holcomb pointed to the Girl Scouts’ color-coded system as a key component of the program’s success. “It’s visually-driven, making the process of sorting the cookies very accurate and highly efficient,” she said.